Ken Boothe Jamaica

Biography

Ken Boothe's (born 1948 in Kingston, Jamaica) is known as "Mr Rocksteady" for his prominence during the musical period 1966-1974 and was a major idol for the to-be members of UB40. Boothe started by recording a version of Sandie Shaw's "Puppet on a String" in 1967. Later the same year, Boothe and Alton Ellis had a successful U.K. tour with the group The Soul Vendors. Under new direction from record producer Lloyd Chalmers, the song "Everything I Own" surprisingly was Number One in the UK in 1974.

Popular Songs

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  My Heart Is Like an Open Book

  I Am Just a Man

  73 BPM
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  Thinking [Remake]

  Black, Gold & Green

  90 BPM
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  Puppet on a String

  Mr. Rock Steady

  133 BPM
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  Mustang Sally

  Mr. Rock Steady

  204 BPM
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  Love Me Forever

  Natural Feeling

  68 BPM

Discography

Inna de Yard

2017

Gospel Door 2 Door

2001

Natural Feeling

1995

I Am Just a Man

1994

Black, Gold & Green

1972

Mr. Rock Steady

1968